Puigpinós i Riera, RosaBorrell i Thió, CarmeFerreira Antunes, José LeopoldoAzlor, EnricPasarín i Rua, M. IsabelSerral Cano, Gemma, 1973-Pons i Vigués, MarionaRodríguez Sanz, Maica, 1974-Fernández Muñoz, Esteve2014-12-172014-12-172009Puigpinós R, Borrell C, Antunes J, Azlor E, Pasarín MI, Serral G et al. Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in cancer mortality in Barcelona: 1992–2003. BMC Public Health. 2009 Jan;9:35. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-351471-2458http://hdl.handle.net/10230/22984Background: The objective of this study was to assess trends in cancer mortality by educational level in Barcelona from 1992 to 2003. Methods: The study population comprised Barcelona inhabitants aged 20 years or older. Data on cancer deaths were supplied by the system of information on mortality. Educational level was/nobtained from the municipal census. Age-standardized rates by educational level were calculated. We also fitted Poisson regression models to estimate the relative index of inequality (RII) and the/nSlope Index of Inequalities (SII). All were calculated for each sex and period (1992–1994, 1995–1997, 1998–2000, and 2001–2003). Results: Cancer mortality was higher in men and women with lower educational level throughout the study period. Less-schooled men had higher mortality by stomach, mouth and pharynx,/noesophagus, larynx and lung cancer. In women, there were educational inequalities for cervix uteri, liver and colon cancer. Inequalities of overall and specific types of cancer mortality remained stable/nin Barcelona; although a slight reduction was observed for some cancers. Conclusion: This study has identified those cancer types presenting the greatest inequalities/nbetween men and women in recent years and shown that in Barcelona there is a stable trend in inequalities in the burden of cancer.application/pdfeng© 2009 Puigpinós et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Estudis regionalsCàncerTumorsTeràpiaEspanyainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-35info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess